1:47 AM,
Mar. 7, 2013

Side Street Strutters will perform at 3 p.m. March 17 at the LuCille Tack Center for the Arts in Spencer.

Written by

Patricia Baer
| For News-Herald Media

In the mid-1930s, a style of music with its own unmistakable, infectious sound was emerging as the dominant form of popular music in the U.S. It's highly danceable beat combined with lyrical jazz melodies made swing and its big bands an irresistible cultural phenomena and one of the most influential precursors to traditional pop music.

At 3 p.m. March 17, audiences can revisit this era with the Side Street Strutters at the LuCille Tack Center for the Arts.

Formed in 1983 by a group of talented musicians attending Arizona State University, the ensemble originally focused on the musical ...